1965 Bedford CA | 2023 New Year Running Day | Vintage Buses with Friends of King Alfred Buses

The New Year 2023 on the Broadway, Winchester, Friends of King Alfred Buses brings a fleet of the vintage buses for the members of public to have a free ride. By popular demands, a part of this video captures the sound of the vintage buses, as a part of the experience.
The little gem in the fleet is the Bedford CA mini bus from 1965. This video tells you all about it, plus the special asymmetric parking light, and more.
Sorry for the typo in the video, it should be "asymmetric".
Many thanks for all members of Friends of King Alfred Buses, helping to make this video! Special thanks to James Freeman, Henry Pratt, and many more members who involved in recordings of this video.
If you have a story to tell, please let me know...!
Special thanks for Friends of King Alfred Buses, to make this video possible. Please visit their web site to see the fleet and everything about them:
www.kingalfredbuses.org.uk
The KA100 special episode, the 100-year history of Winchester public transport:
• Celebrating 100 Years ...
The story for the "Dennis" OU9286, the 90 years old bus from 1931:
• "Dennis" the 90 years ...
The story for the 1935 Albion Victor PK114:
• 1935 Albion Victor | S...
The story of the 1956 Leyland Titan POU494, 1959 Leyland Tiger Cub WCG104, the Bell Punch ticket machine, King Alfred Motor Services and the September 2021 event:
• Friends of King Alfred...
The story of the 1970 Leyland Panther UOU417H and UOU419H, AEC Renown 595LCG and 596LCG; the Setright ticket machine and the January 2022 Running day:
• AEC Renown | Setright ...
The story of the 1965 Bedford VAL CCG704C; the driver and conductor's badge and the May 2022 Running Day part 1:
• Bedford VAL CCG704C | ...
The story of the 1967 Leyland Atlantean PDR1/2 HOR592E and the May 2022 Running Day part 2:
• Leyland Atlantean PDR1...
Put on your headphones and try to listen the spatial audio, binaural sound from the vintage bus POU494, 1956 Leyland Titan:
• Spatial Audio Test | O...
also the story of the Ford Model-T and Owslebury:
• Ford Model T and Owsle...
Quick Index:
00:00 Start
00:46 Visiting Bus - DSG 169
01:55 Visiting Bus - NLE 627
02:32 BHO 543C - Bedford CA, Overview
03:19 Story 1 - Introduction
03:58 Driving sound 1 - BHO 543C
04:27 Story 2 - Asymmetric Parking Lights
06:42 Story 3 - History of BHO 543C
09:13 Driving sound 2 - BHO 543C
10:23 Story 4 - Restoration, BHO 543C
12:40 Sound of AEC Renown, 595 LCG
15:02 Leyland Olympic overview, JAA 708
18:25 Leyland Tiger Cub, WCG 104
19:47 Sound of Leyland Titan PD2, POU 494
21:27 Conclusion
22:39 Photo Credits and Thank you!

[@CoraçãoGrená82]

Que bela máquina essa 😮 Raridade pura Parabéns pelo vídeo Ganhou mais um inscrito from Brazil 😊

[@keith-nb8ps]

Also nice to see the Low-Bridge Decker

[@ROCKINGMAN]

Love vintage buses. AEC as well as Leyland, Bristol and many oters made superb stylish classic designs. For me the RF was just so perfect, an absolute beautiful design in shape and style.

[@peterwhitaker4038]

lovely. that Leyland Titan with upstairsgangway to the side of the seating reminded me of East Lancashire as a Child, Blackburn or Accrington Corporation had that strange layout. if passenger near window wanted to get off it was all move ha ha

[@johnpayne3770]

Lovely reminds me of aldershot much better green bus than the red we have today 😀

[@jackcole3146]

Just a bit of info. If this CA was purchased in the 60's the dealers name would still have been E.J Baker, it didn't become Baker West until the early 70's when the whole group was bought by a company called Dorada Holdings. The original E.J. Baker group was headquartered in Dorking, and had branches across Surrey, Kent and Sussex, plus one in Slough, and one in Aldershot. Upon purchase, the company was renamed geographically, as Baker West and Baker East. I suspect that your CA was bought from Baker West in Bordon, which specialised in coaches and buses, although, this branch wasn't opened until about 1973. I think this is the case, because the Farnham branch was primarily a commercial vehicle bodyshop, and wasn't really concerned with vehicle sales. I worked for The Aldershot branch from the early 70's and do remember dealing with King Alfred Motor Services, Aldershot doing the mechanical work, and Farnham the bodywork. This was all transferred to the specialist coach and bus branch in Bordon when it opened.

[@hellowallace]

@jackcole3146 - Hi Jack, many thanks for your information and sorry for replying late, as KZbin doesn't always notify me in real time when a comment left to a video. I have forwarded the information you provided to the Friends of King Alfred Buses, they find it very interesting, Would you mind to send an email to [e-mail] so they can make a contact with you for further information? Please address to James Freeman - thank you!